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When starting a VirtualBox VM, I get:

VirtualBox - Error in suplibOsInit

Running sudo /sbin/vboxconfig does not fix the problem.
How to fix that?

VirtualBox 5.0.10 r104061

Nicolas Raoul
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  • For me the fix was installing the latest version of virtualbox. (Received error on 6.1.12. Upgraded to 6.1.34). sudo dpkg -i – S2L May 01 '22 at 14:18

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same problem with me, abort it if you not use vagrant.

the output when i run vagrant up:

The provider 'virtualbox' that was requested to back the machine
'default' is reporting that it isn't usable on this system. The
reason is shown below:

VirtualBox is complaining that the kernel module is not loaded. Please
run `VBoxManage --version` or open the VirtualBox GUI to see the error
message which should contain instructions on how to fix this error.

output VBoxManage --version:

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (3.19.0-47-generic) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
5.0.14r105127

output sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup:

Bad argument setup

My problem solved after run this command sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup

$ sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
$ VBoxManage --version
5.0.14r105127
Baron
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You can always use modprobe to add a kernel module. I solved the same problem on my server by doing:

[root@mageia5][/home/afk]# modprobe -a vboxdrv
Tshilidzi Mudau
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Paul afk
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  • In this case, it's mostly not a problem that the module hasn't been loaded. This error appears when you've installed another kernel (mostly as a package update) which doesn't contain the vboxdrv module yet. So you have to compile and install the module to that new kernel, with sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup. AFAIR nowadays this command is mentioned in the error message, instead of sudo /sbin/vboxconfig. – Henning Kockerbeck Dec 12 '16 at 10:36
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I found the following virtualbox dkms related packages:

  • virtualbox-dkms
  • virtualbox-guest-dkms

Did you install these packages?

Wren T.
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WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (4.7.1-1-ARCH) or it failed to load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by sudo

/sbin/vboxconfig

You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

The fix for this for me was to install the linux-headers package

Tanner
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This seems to be a known bug.
Running the following commands fixes the problem:

sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

Unfortunately, you will have to run these commands after each reboot.

Nicolas Raoul
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  • You shouldn't have to run those commands after each reboot, only for each newly installed kernel (probably from a package update) that doesn't include the vboxdrv module yet. rcvboxdrv setup compiles the module and sets it up with the currently running kernel. – Henning Kockerbeck Dec 12 '16 at 10:38
  • I agree, we shouldn't have to run /sbin/vboxconfig after each reboot, but when I upgraded my system from 18.04 to 20.04 that is exactly the situation I find myself in now - with Virtualbox 6.1. – MangoCat Aug 05 '21 at 21:19
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Had the same Problem. Was searching for the solution for days. In the end it was EFI blocking some functionality. My solve was to

  1. restart machine
  2. enter bios
  3. disable "secure boot" under "security" (your specific name of the config could vary depending on the machine and bios used, but should be similar)

Hope this could help some nomads seeking days for answers like myself.

Superluminal
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